Collection of 4 Manuscript music books containing music for pipes

This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections

Scope and Content

The collection is comprised of:

  • 1 x manuscript volume - 12 pages with ornamental borders - name James Morrison, Scroggie Hill, 20 October 1875
  • 1 x manuscript volume - 42 pages with ornamental borders - name Jas. Morison, 23 October 1878
  • 1 x manuscript volume - 16 pages which includes rubber stamp of J.M. Miller, Musical Repository, Perth, and name James Morrison, Scroggie Hill, Almond Bank, 4 January 1883
  • 1 x annotated volume of printed music - Mackay, A. 'The piper's assistant', though lacking title page - name James Morrison, Luncarty 18 August 1891

Administrative / Biographical History

James Morrison sometime of Perth and of Scroggie Hill, Almond Bank, signed his name to a collection of four small volumes of music, some manuscript - circa 1875-1893 - containing music for pipes.

Access Information

Open to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance of visit.

Acquisition Information

Purchased April 2012. Accession no: E2012.58

Archivist's Note

Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie12 December 2012